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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 42, 43, and 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a boy comment on that makes Mr. Sir angry and results in Mr. Sir physically abusing the boy?
(a) Mr. Sir's broken arm.
(b) Mr. Sir's stitches.
(c) Mr. Sir's swollen face.
(d) Mr. Sir's new dog.

2. How does Zero make sure he and Stanley find the right hole on their way back to camp after being on the mountain?
(a) They look for a fossilized rock.
(b) They play eenie-meenie-minie-moe.
(c) He makes a map on his clean socks.
(d) A diagram.

3. What does Stanley memorize before he is moved closer to the hole that X-Ray had been digging when he claimed to have found the tube?
(a) How many steps it is from one hole to the next.
(b) The phrase that the warden uses when talking to Mr. Pendanski.
(c) The hole the tube had originally been found.
(d) The location of the sun.

4. What does Zero tell Stanley before he falls to sleep on the mountain in Part 2, Chapter 39?
(a) He thanks Stanley.
(b) He tell's Stanley they are brothers.
(c) Zero stole the shoes that got Stanley in trouble.
(d) He tells Stanley about Kate Barlow's treasure.

5. What does the warden tell Mr. Pendanski that he is doing wrong after she has brought blood on one of the boys?
(a) Working them too hard.
(b) Giving them too many breaks.
(c) Giving them too much water.
(d) Not working them hard enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Trout and Linda force Kate into the desert?

2. What does Brian do that earns him his nickname?

3. What two things do Zero and Stanley pack before heading back to camp from the mountain?

4. Who was the first person that Kate kissed after she killed them, starting the name "Kissing Kate Barlow" and her life as an outlaw?

5. What has Stanley been told he will win if he ever finds anything interesting while digging?

(see the answer key)

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